Was reading the
interest check thread for the single switch PCBs that became
The Enabler - and I saw
samwisekoi's post about fabbing an entire row using this design, instead of individual keys.
This idea brought me back to my idea of having a
bent plate instead of a flat plate for the keyboard; as a complete 'enabler' row would work well in such a design. (Besides the fact that none of us has gotten around to trying this bent plate design out [myself included]. I really think that having only a small bend around 3 degrees on each row wouldn't be an issue as far as cut out distortion.)
Additionally - what about having a row specific PCB design library - so you pick the rows you need to build the keyboard you want?
F1-F12 block (ala 122)
F13-F24 block (ala 122)
Standard escape / function / print screen / scroll lock / pause break row (101 syle)
Standard number row / row 1 6 pack / numpad
Tab row
Caps lock row
Shift Row
Winkeyless Modifier row
104 key modifier row
etc
Just thinking out loud. I'm watching the
GH-122 thread - as that PCB design for the full board goes through iterations; while in my head I'm trying to come up with a better way to have something fabricated that would work for people who have different goals.
Maybe the bent plate idea wouldn't work - but it seems the complete 'enabler' PCB row idea samwisekoi had is a very good one.
